Let the R & B party begin! The Primavera’s have their party shoes always on, with a handful of singles and a long-player, all of which are available via i-Tunes. This is one of those times when the music speaks louder than anything I can say about this band. For instance, check out Your Love Lifts Me Higher, single from March 2013. Check out the band’s web site and get ready to purchase their new long-player coming soon. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Read MoreThere’s just a touch of raunch and roll is in those R&B and soul pipes of UK’s Hannah Williams and The Tastemakers. It’s a full on attack in an unapologetic, maximum throttle and tuneful way. Hannah’s voice can be momentarily tender but it is only in preparation for the next howl. Here on I’m A Good Woman from the October 2012 long-player, A Hill Of Feathers, you get a little of both. Even on the ballads, such as…
Read MoreIt’s no accident that this cover of the Yardbirds For Your Love should be performed by Nashville, Tennessee’s Magnolia Sons. The band has been making 60’s and 70’s r&b and rock retro tunes in single form for the past couple of years. Their latest two-song single, Nobody But You and Hey Emmaline (April 2013) continues that pattern of single releases in that retro style. Magnolia Sons has no posted bio on their web site but you can get a close approximation by…
Read MoreZelliack (a.k.a. Elliot Coleman and Zack Ordway) channel r&b and soul vibes in the same way that Tears For Fears did at their best. These super high ultra-tenors scrape the sky with soaring vocals while the music slips between jazz, soul, r&b and pop. Here on this fan-made video (kudos to Jared Witbeck) for Autumn In Analog from the bands February 2012 EP, Noir Tone, you get a feel for them at their best. The EP has some uneven spots, largely in…
Read MoreSome of the most interesting music in any genre seems to be coming out of Australia these days. An example of that would be Saskwatch and the heavily R&B influenced I Get Lonely from the bands April 2013 released 7" and digital two-song single. Saskwatch is not just any Soul/R&B band. Here, fronted by the powerful vocal of Nkechi Anele, the nine piece band is full of guitars, horns, drum and keyboard fills and the happy energy that all of that generates….
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